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* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/10/03/episode-083-a-shout-out-to-all-you-web-heads-out-there/ The strip]] where Dr Swordopolis asks Fighter "Did you choose the sword, or did the sword choose you?" is titled "A ShoutOut to All You [[Franchise/SpiderMan [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Web-Heads]] Out There", presumably referencing Creator/JMichaelStraczynski's "Did the spider choose you?" storyline.
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* After bonking Vilbert with a cow, Fighter manages to use Black Mage to cast a fireball, then explains, "It's just a half-circle from back to front. Simple." This is how [[Franchise/StreetFighter Dhalsim's Yoga Flame]] is used.
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* While analyzing Ur, Red Mage refers to him as "a basic Krakenoid." Fighter hears something very different, and is hit with inspiration for his strategy to defeat the fiend: [[{{VideoGame/Arkanoid}} a paddle and lots and lots of bricks]].
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* The works of Creator/MattGroening are referenced quite frequently, particularly in earlier strips.
** Akbar's Airships (Not Deathtraps) has a counterpart store called [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/08/05/episode-315-the-lesser-of-two-cons/ Jeff's Discount Deathtraps]] as a reference to ''Akbar and Jeff''. Jeff has [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons yellow skin and an overbite]].
** Black Mage's interaction with the spell shop owner is drawn from Bart and Comic Book Guy's dialogue in "The Day the Violence Died."
** The old man's rambling about summoning circles--er, squares, is reminiscent of Grampa Simpson's never-ending yarn about the ferry to Shelbyville from "Last Exit to Springfield."
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/07/08/episode-170-outside-the-mysterious-cave/ Dental plan!]]
** Akbar's Airships (Not Deathtraps) has a counterpart store called [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/08/05/episode-315-the-lesser-of-two-cons/ Jeff's Discount Deathtraps]] as a reference to ''Akbar and Jeff''. Jeff has [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons yellow skin and an overbite]].
** Black Mage's interaction with the spell shop owner is drawn from Bart and Comic Book Guy's dialogue in "The Day the Violence Died."
** The old man's rambling about summoning circles--er, squares, is reminiscent of Grampa Simpson's never-ending yarn about the ferry to Shelbyville from "Last Exit to Springfield."
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/07/08/episode-170-outside-the-mysterious-cave/ Dental plan!]]
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* The works of Creator/MattGroening are referenced quite frequently, particularly in earlier strips.
** Akbar's Airships (Not Deathtraps) has a counterpart store called [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/08/05/episode-315-the-lesser-of-two-cons/ Jeff's Discount Deathtraps]] as a reference to ''Akbar and Jeff''. Jeff has [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons yellow skin and an overbite]].
** Black Mage's interaction with the spell shop owner is drawn from Bart and Comic Book Guy's dialogue in "The Day the Violence Died."
** The old man's rambling about summoning circles--er, squares, is reminiscent of Grampa Simpson's never-ending yarn about the ferry to Shelbyville from "Last Exit to Springfield."
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/07/08/episode-170-outside-the-mysterious-cave/ Dental plan!]]
** Akbar's Airships (Not Deathtraps) has a counterpart store called [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/08/05/episode-315-the-lesser-of-two-cons/ Jeff's Discount Deathtraps]] as a reference to ''Akbar and Jeff''. Jeff has [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons yellow skin and an overbite]].
** Black Mage's interaction with the spell shop owner is drawn from Bart and Comic Book Guy's dialogue in "The Day the Violence Died."
** The old man's rambling about summoning circles--er, squares, is reminiscent of Grampa Simpson's never-ending yarn about the ferry to Shelbyville from "Last Exit to Springfield."
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/07/08/episode-170-outside-the-mysterious-cave/ Dental plan!]]
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* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/08/18/interlude-02-nor-does-the-fighter-like-the-ninjas/ The ninjas don't knows it yet,]] [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar but they're heads are about to explode from my ultimate swrod technique!]] [[YouAreAlreadyDead Wait for it!]]
* Thief and Red Mage are betting on whether Black Mage's internal dia/monologue will last five or ten minutes:
-->'''Red Mage:''' Go ten, Go ten, go!\\
'''Thief:''' I'm more of a [[Anime/DragonBallZ Gohan]] guy.
* The title of episode 158: [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Unfamiliar Ceiling.]]
[[AC:Comic Books]]
* The opening segment of the epilogue is an obvious shout out to ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/10/03/episode-083-a-shout-out-to-all-you-web-heads-out-there/ The strip]] where Dr Swordopolis asks Fighter "Did you choose the sword, or did the sword choose you?" is titled "A ShoutOut to All You [[Franchise/SpiderMan Web-Heads]] Out There", presumably referencing Creator/JMichaelStraczynski's "Did the spider choose you?" storyline.
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/04/07/episode-830-fighterine/ Episode 830]] is called "Fighterine" and has Red Mage divide the Light Warriors into three teams called Uncanny, Astonishing and Extreme. These are all prefixes to ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics, and the fact Fighter's on all the teams at once is a dig at WolverinePublicity.
* In [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/06/28/episode-863-emerald-dawn/ Episode 863]], Fighter's description of how White Mage might react to the destruction of Onrac bears a startling similarity to [[Comicbook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]]'s reaction to the destruction of Coast City. The strip is called "Emerald Dawn", which is also the title of one of Hal's origin stories. [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/06/28/episode-863-emerald-dawn/ A few strips later]], we get "Emerald Twilight", which is the title of the afore-referenced "Hal goes evil" storyline.
[[AC:Film]]
* From [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/10/21/episode-473-this-is-the-most-uncomfortable-ice-prison-ive-ever-been-in/ this strip]]:
-->'''Red Mage:''' Black Mage, initiate Plan 9.\\
'''Black Mage:''' [[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace From Outer Space?]]\\
'''Red Mage:''' The same.
* From [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/10/21/episode-473-this-is-the-most-uncomfortable-ice-prison-ive-ever-been-in/ Strip #473]]:
-->'''[[spoiler:Kary:]]''' I'm living fire. You didn't think it was going to be that easy, did you?\\
'''Red Mage:''' You know, for a second there, [[Film/KillBill yeah, I kinda did]].
* Black Mage [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/02/02/episode-656-simply-stunning/ once]] mentioned that he used to like black robes, but "they were killed by that play, '''[[Film/TheMatrix The Magics]]'''."
* "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/04/24/episode-142-if-you-recognize-both-quotes-you-need-to-get-out-more-often/ So we've struck him down only to make him become]] '''[[Film/ANewHope more powerful than we could possibly imagine]]'''?!"
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/11/22/episode-356-that-was-your-whole-plan-i-like-it-it-was-scientific/ The title of this comic]] is a shout out to the first ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' film.
* The film, ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'', gets more than a few gags [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/07/26/episode-177-the-first-side-quest/ lifted from it]]. Later Thief gets turned into a toad...
[[AC:Literature]]
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/01/21/episode-651-thief-of-time/ When]] Thief [[ImpossibleThief stole his class change from the future]] the title of the strip was ''Literature/ThiefOfTime''.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* The works of Creator/MattGroening are referenced quite frequently, particularly in earlier strips.
** Akbar's Airships (Not Deathtraps) has a counterpart store called [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/08/05/episode-315-the-lesser-of-two-cons/ Jeff's Discount Deathtraps]] as a reference to ''Akbar and Jeff''. Jeff has [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons yellow skin and an overbite]].
** Black Mage's interaction with the spell shop owner is drawn from Bart and Comic Book Guy's dialogue in "The Day the Violence Died."
** The old man's rambling about summoning circles--er, squares, is reminiscent of Grampa Simpson's never-ending yarn about the ferry to Shelbyville from "Last Exit to Springfield."
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/07/08/episode-170-outside-the-mysterious-cave/ Dental plan!]]
* One of Black Mage's pick-up lines for White Mage is [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?"]]
* ''8BT'' also has an archer captain... With a second-in-command called Commander [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol]].
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
** After a few episodes of the second season aired, Black Mage asked [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/10/11/episode-905-in-rod-we-trust/ "Did getting skewered through the chest somehow (and nonsensically) remove all my powers?"]] Thankfully, he did not proceed to turn up in Mexico.
** The comic referenced ''Heroes'' [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/11/15/episode-920-we-could-be-heroes/ one more time.]]
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/09/17/episode-600-lots-of-fantasy-settings-have-a-north/ This]] comic referred to the too short-lasting Ninth Series/DoctorWho along with the famous Fourth.
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/01/14/episode-648-task-mastery/ Black Mage]] singing [[Music/{{America}} "A Horse With No Name"]] is a reference to ''Series/NewsRadio''.
[[AC:Music]]
* Brian Clevinger shows up in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/03/06/episode-124-im-the-master-of-8-bit-perspective/ Episode 124]] wearing a Music/{{KMFDM}} shirt.
* The last lines in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/08/episode-270-fighter-morissette/ this strip]] [[WaxingLyrical sure sound familiar]]... (The title spells it out if it isn't obvious already.)
-->'''Fighter''': [[Music/AlanisMorissette Isn't it ironic]] to yell the word "silence"? \\
'''Drizz'l''': [[Music/AlanisMorissette Like the good advice you didn't take?]] \\
'''Fighter''': [[Music/AlanisMorissette Don't you think?]] \\
'''Drizz'l''': You don't pick up sub-text, do you?
[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'':
** When Red Mage tells Fighter to "Make your swords as things unto chainsaws", the card he uses to do it is an ''Exalted'' charm-tree card; the name and effect refer to a (now fixed) exploit with Exalted's Glorious Solar Saber charm where you could theoretically conjure a sword capable of making infinite attacks in a single second, which fans affectionately called the Glorious Chainsaw Method.
** Red Mage's [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/24/episode-1008-charmed-im-sure/ advice to Fighter]] has both the visual appearance and [[NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom the naming style]] of an Exalted Charm.
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/01/07/episode-645-glitter-boy/ Episode 645]]-- Red Mage explains where they get their new powers from:
--> '''Red Mage''': But now we've ventured into an expansion. All-new, ''Absurdly'' powerful Occupational Character Classes are now available! \\
'''Black Mage''': And where does this alleged power creep come from? \\
'''Red Mage''': '''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}''' in Space-Time, mostly.
[[AC:Theatre]]
* In [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/05/08/episode-282-a-new-foe/ one strip,]] prior to a mass stabbing, Red Mage tells the victim that the Light Warriors are "gonna get [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Ides of March]] on your ass."
[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** What happened when Black Mage went to Hell? [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII He took it over and returned to Earth.]]
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fans should find [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/05/07/episode-1125-unexpected/ this scene]] [[http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/File:Aeris_CH.jpg disturbingly familiar.]]
** In the [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/8-bit-theater/ Epilogue]], Akbar's Not-Useless Tools has among its implements for sale a [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII buster sword]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII gunblade]], while one of the notices Fighter reads on the quest board is a recruitment notice for [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII SOLDIER]], (Black Mage: "Lame"), [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII repelling Galbadian aggression]] ("somehow even lamer"), [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX the search for a missing Alexandrian princess]] (BM gets interested, but they already got a Black Mage), [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX escorting a religious pilgrimage]] ("I'd rather chew my own neck off.") and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI join the fight against Shadowlord.]]
* Black Mage's [[Franchise/StreetFighter HADOKEN!]]
* Darko takes the form of [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Magus]] to talk to Black Mage.
* Fans of ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' should find [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/05/04/episode-416-stabicron/ Fighter's helmet]] very familiar.
* The FinalBoss, Chaos, has [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Fomortiis']] head.
[[AC:Web Animation]]
* In [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/05/20/episode-284-what-could-it-be/ this strip]] when Drizz'l describes the true guardian of Marsh Cave, Black Mage imagines [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Trogdor]].
[[AC:Webcomics]]
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/11/15/episode-624-undead-dinosaur-comics/ Undead]] Webcomic/DinosaurComics
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/12/11/episode-490-going-up/ In this strip]]:
--->'''Red Mage:''' Love, hate, clouds, *thud*.
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/06/27/episode-713-give-me-a-sign/ This strip]] makes another ''Family Guy'' reference - one Black Mage hilariously subverts.
* When Bikke [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/07/19/episode-310-mo-like-dork-warriors/ fantasises about leading the Dark Warriors]], he imagines them all as pirates with a "Pirates of Dark Warriors" logo that looks a lot like that of ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater''.
[[AC:Other]]
* Red Mage has a universe-destroying spell called "Ice-9". This is a triple shout out to the also dangerous substance from the Creator/KurtVonnegut novel ''Literature/CatsCradle'', level-nine spells in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and the simple naming system in early ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games (Ice-1, Bolt-2, Fire-1, etc.).
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* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/08/18/interlude-02-nor-does-the-fighter-like-the-ninjas/ The ninjas don't knows it yet,]] [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar but they're heads are about to explode from my ultimate swrod technique!]] [[YouAreAlreadyDead Wait for it!]]
* Thief and Red Mage are betting on whether Black Mage's internal dia/monologue will last five or ten minutes:
-->'''Red Mage:''' Go ten, Go ten, go!\\
'''Thief:''' I'm more of a [[Anime/DragonBallZ Gohan]] guy.
* The title of episode 158: [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Unfamiliar Ceiling.]]
[[AC:Comic Books]]
* The opening segment of the epilogue is an obvious shout out to ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/10/03/episode-083-a-shout-out-to-all-you-web-heads-out-there/ The strip]] where Dr Swordopolis asks Fighter "Did you choose the sword, or did the sword choose you?" is titled "A ShoutOut to All You [[Franchise/SpiderMan Web-Heads]] Out There", presumably referencing Creator/JMichaelStraczynski's "Did the spider choose you?" storyline.
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/04/07/episode-830-fighterine/ Episode 830]] is called "Fighterine" and has Red Mage divide the Light Warriors into three teams called Uncanny, Astonishing and Extreme. These are all prefixes to ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics, and the fact Fighter's on all the teams at once is a dig at WolverinePublicity.
* In [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/06/28/episode-863-emerald-dawn/ Episode 863]], Fighter's description of how White Mage might react to the destruction of Onrac bears a startling similarity to [[Comicbook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]]'s reaction to the destruction of Coast City. The strip is called "Emerald Dawn", which is also the title of one of Hal's origin stories. [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/06/28/episode-863-emerald-dawn/ A few strips later]], we get "Emerald Twilight", which is the title of the afore-referenced "Hal goes evil" storyline.
[[AC:Film]]
* From [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/10/21/episode-473-this-is-the-most-uncomfortable-ice-prison-ive-ever-been-in/ this strip]]:
-->'''Red Mage:''' Black Mage, initiate Plan 9.\\
'''Black Mage:''' [[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace From Outer Space?]]\\
'''Red Mage:''' The same.
* From [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/10/21/episode-473-this-is-the-most-uncomfortable-ice-prison-ive-ever-been-in/ Strip #473]]:
-->'''[[spoiler:Kary:]]''' I'm living fire. You didn't think it was going to be that easy, did you?\\
'''Red Mage:''' You know, for a second there, [[Film/KillBill yeah, I kinda did]].
* Black Mage [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/02/02/episode-656-simply-stunning/ once]] mentioned that he used to like black robes, but "they were killed by that play, '''[[Film/TheMatrix The Magics]]'''."
* "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/04/24/episode-142-if-you-recognize-both-quotes-you-need-to-get-out-more-often/ So we've struck him down only to make him become]] '''[[Film/ANewHope more powerful than we could possibly imagine]]'''?!"
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/11/22/episode-356-that-was-your-whole-plan-i-like-it-it-was-scientific/ The title of this comic]] is a shout out to the first ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' film.
* The film, ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'', gets more than a few gags [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/07/26/episode-177-the-first-side-quest/ lifted from it]]. Later Thief gets turned into a toad...
[[AC:Literature]]
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/01/21/episode-651-thief-of-time/ When]] Thief [[ImpossibleThief stole his class change from the future]] the title of the strip was ''Literature/ThiefOfTime''.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* The works of Creator/MattGroening are referenced quite frequently, particularly in earlier strips.
** Akbar's Airships (Not Deathtraps) has a counterpart store called [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/08/05/episode-315-the-lesser-of-two-cons/ Jeff's Discount Deathtraps]] as a reference to ''Akbar and Jeff''. Jeff has [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons yellow skin and an overbite]].
** Black Mage's interaction with the spell shop owner is drawn from Bart and Comic Book Guy's dialogue in "The Day the Violence Died."
** The old man's rambling about summoning circles--er, squares, is reminiscent of Grampa Simpson's never-ending yarn about the ferry to Shelbyville from "Last Exit to Springfield."
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/07/08/episode-170-outside-the-mysterious-cave/ Dental plan!]]
* One of Black Mage's pick-up lines for White Mage is [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?"]]
* ''8BT'' also has an archer captain... With a second-in-command called Commander [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol]].
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
** After a few episodes of the second season aired, Black Mage asked [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/10/11/episode-905-in-rod-we-trust/ "Did getting skewered through the chest somehow (and nonsensically) remove all my powers?"]] Thankfully, he did not proceed to turn up in Mexico.
** The comic referenced ''Heroes'' [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/11/15/episode-920-we-could-be-heroes/ one more time.]]
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/09/17/episode-600-lots-of-fantasy-settings-have-a-north/ This]] comic referred to the too short-lasting Ninth Series/DoctorWho along with the famous Fourth.
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/01/14/episode-648-task-mastery/ Black Mage]] singing [[Music/{{America}} "A Horse With No Name"]] is a reference to ''Series/NewsRadio''.
[[AC:Music]]
* Brian Clevinger shows up in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/03/06/episode-124-im-the-master-of-8-bit-perspective/ Episode 124]] wearing a Music/{{KMFDM}} shirt.
* The last lines in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/08/episode-270-fighter-morissette/ this strip]] [[WaxingLyrical sure sound familiar]]... (The title spells it out if it isn't obvious already.)
-->'''Fighter''': [[Music/AlanisMorissette Isn't it ironic]] to yell the word "silence"? \\
'''Drizz'l''': [[Music/AlanisMorissette Like the good advice you didn't take?]] \\
'''Fighter''': [[Music/AlanisMorissette Don't you think?]] \\
'''Drizz'l''': You don't pick up sub-text, do you?
[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'':
** When Red Mage tells Fighter to "Make your swords as things unto chainsaws", the card he uses to do it is an ''Exalted'' charm-tree card; the name and effect refer to a (now fixed) exploit with Exalted's Glorious Solar Saber charm where you could theoretically conjure a sword capable of making infinite attacks in a single second, which fans affectionately called the Glorious Chainsaw Method.
** Red Mage's [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/24/episode-1008-charmed-im-sure/ advice to Fighter]] has both the visual appearance and [[NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom the naming style]] of an Exalted Charm.
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/01/07/episode-645-glitter-boy/ Episode 645]]-- Red Mage explains where they get their new powers from:
--> '''Red Mage''': But now we've ventured into an expansion. All-new, ''Absurdly'' powerful Occupational Character Classes are now available! \\
'''Black Mage''': And where does this alleged power creep come from? \\
'''Red Mage''': '''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}''' in Space-Time, mostly.
[[AC:Theatre]]
* In [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/05/08/episode-282-a-new-foe/ one strip,]] prior to a mass stabbing, Red Mage tells the victim that the Light Warriors are "gonna get [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Ides of March]] on your ass."
[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** What happened when Black Mage went to Hell? [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII He took it over and returned to Earth.]]
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fans should find [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/05/07/episode-1125-unexpected/ this scene]] [[http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/File:Aeris_CH.jpg disturbingly familiar.]]
** In the [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/8-bit-theater/ Epilogue]], Akbar's Not-Useless Tools has among its implements for sale a [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII buster sword]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII gunblade]], while one of the notices Fighter reads on the quest board is a recruitment notice for [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII SOLDIER]], (Black Mage: "Lame"), [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII repelling Galbadian aggression]] ("somehow even lamer"), [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX the search for a missing Alexandrian princess]] (BM gets interested, but they already got a Black Mage), [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX escorting a religious pilgrimage]] ("I'd rather chew my own neck off.") and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI join the fight against Shadowlord.]]
* Black Mage's [[Franchise/StreetFighter HADOKEN!]]
* Darko takes the form of [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Magus]] to talk to Black Mage.
* Fans of ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' should find [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/05/04/episode-416-stabicron/ Fighter's helmet]] very familiar.
* The FinalBoss, Chaos, has [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Fomortiis']] head.
[[AC:Web Animation]]
* In [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/05/20/episode-284-what-could-it-be/ this strip]] when Drizz'l describes the true guardian of Marsh Cave, Black Mage imagines [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Trogdor]].
[[AC:Webcomics]]
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/11/15/episode-624-undead-dinosaur-comics/ Undead]] Webcomic/DinosaurComics
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/12/11/episode-490-going-up/ In this strip]]:
--->'''Red Mage:''' Love, hate, clouds, *thud*.
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/06/27/episode-713-give-me-a-sign/ This strip]] makes another ''Family Guy'' reference - one Black Mage hilariously subverts.
* When Bikke [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/07/19/episode-310-mo-like-dork-warriors/ fantasises about leading the Dark Warriors]], he imagines them all as pirates with a "Pirates of Dark Warriors" logo that looks a lot like that of ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater''.
[[AC:Other]]
* Red Mage has a universe-destroying spell called "Ice-9". This is a triple shout out to the also dangerous substance from the Creator/KurtVonnegut novel ''Literature/CatsCradle'', level-nine spells in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and the simple naming system in early ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games (Ice-1, Bolt-2, Fire-1, etc.).
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